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In this collection, Sam Storms draws upon 38 years of experience as a professor, a pastor, and an author to provide accessible and insightful commentaries, as well as general Bible reading tips. For every book of the Bible covered here, he includes detailed introductions, personal commentaries, and suggestions for further reading; for Psalms, Corinthians, and Revelations, he also includes guides...

L. New Covenant Stewardship—8:1–9:15 The historical background to the Jerusalem Collection: See 1 Cor. 16:1–4; Rom. 15:25–27. Ralph Martin gives this explanation for the causes of poverty in Jerusalem: “It may be the church had grown in size, and with increasing numbers of widows to care for, the relief fund was overburdened (cf. Acts 6:1–7). We know that elderly Jewish families migrated to the holy city to spend their last days and eventually to be buried there in expectation
2 Corinthians 8:1–24
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